Dinu Lipatti: Recital (Bach, Scarlatti, Schubert)

JS Bach: Partita, for keyboard No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 (BC L1)
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (I), chorale prelude for organ (Orgel-Büchlein No. 1),
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (I), chorale prelude for organ (Orgel-Büchlein No. 41), BWV 639 (BC K68)
Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) (Choral: 'Jesu bleibet meine Freude')
Sonata, for flute & keyboard in E flat major, BWV 1031 (No. 2, Siciliano)
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for keyboard in E major, K. 380 (L. 23) "Cortège"
Sonata for keyboard in D minor, K. 9 (L. 413), "Pastorale"
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 (K. 300d)
Schubert: Impromptu for piano in G flat major, D. 899/3 (Op. 90/3)
Impromptu for piano in E flat major, D. 899/2 (Op. 90/2)

Mid Price CD
1950s Recordings
60 Minutes

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Review:

No collector should overlook this Lipatti CD. Most of the performances derive from the pianist's last recital in Besancon and have scarcely been out of circulation since their first appearance in the 1950s: the haunting account of the Mozart A minor Sonata and the Bach B flat Partita have both had more thna one incarnation on LP and CD. The Schubert Impromptus are equally treasurable, and the Scarlatti sonatas have been added for the present reissue in EMI’s “Great Recordings of the Century” series

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